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MICHELLE FORAN




b. 1992, Toronto, ON, Canada.

@all.elbows
michelle.foran@hotmail.com

Education/Residencies/Awards


Sept.-Nov. 2024      Woodworking Studio Fellowship, Center for Furniture Craftsmandship, Rockport, Maine, USA    

July 2024            Craft Apprenticeship with Katrina Tompkins (Finefolk Furniture), Prince Edward County, ON.

May 2024             Furniture Society Educational Grant, Workshop Scholarship at John C. Campbell Folk School

May 2024             William and Mary Corcoran Highest Academic Achievement Award, Sheridan College of Technology and Applied Arts, Oakville, CA  

2020-2024            Honours Bachelor of Craft and Design, major in Furniture Design, Sheridan College of Technology and Applied Arts, Oakville, CA

May-Sept. 2023       Internship and awards program in Woodworking and Furniture Design, Sculpture, and Digital Fabrication 3D Specialist), Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA

Jan.- April 2017     3M Foundation Artist Residency, Santa Marta, Colombia

2012-2018            BFA in Sculpture and Installation, minor in Photography, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, CA


Solo Shows


2019               Michelle Foran Open Studio, Coffin Factory Studios, Toronto, CA

2016               Half a Grapefruit is a Full Circle, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, CA

2014               Things Coloured, The Embassy, Toronto, CA. For Contact Photography Festival (May & June) 

Group Shows


2024               Eight Quarter - Furniture Grad Show, 165 Geary Ave., Toronto, ON.

2024               Ideas + Objects, Craft and Design Capstone Exhibition, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON.

2024               Testing, Testing, Sheridan College Gallery, Trafalgar Campus, Oakville, CA

2023               Para La Madre, Carbondale Arts Center, Carbondale, Colorado USA

2023               A Table for Fourteen, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado, USA

2023               Prototype Show, Interior Design Show, Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, CA

2021               Garden Variety, curated by Erin Storus in her backyard, Toronto, CA

2019               Out of the Blue, Good Sport Gallery, London, CA

2019               T-SHIRTS, The Baitshop, Toronto, CA

2019               Eulogy for the Coffin Factory, Coffin Factory Lofts, Toronto, CA

2017               La Pinateria, 3M Foundation, Santa Marta, Colombia

2017               Sudor Desconocido, 3M Foundation, Santa Marta, Colombia

2016               Stretched Painting, OCADU Gallery, Toronto, CA

2016               This is Not for You, 170 Spadina Road, Toronto, CA

2016               Ryan Gander: Auto-Abstraction and Happenstance in Art Making, Nomadic Resident Student Project Exhibition, OCADU, Toronto, CA

2016               GradEx 101, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, CA

2015               Yearns, Kapisanan Centre, Toronto, CA

2015               Patterns Magazine Installation, OCADU, Toronto, CA

2014               The Fire Doesn’t Burn Itself, The Afterhours Project, Toronto, CA

2014               Deck the Walls, Project Gallery, Toronto, CA

2014               Concurrent Streams, Project Gallery, Toronto, CA

2014               Runaway// A Poorsisters Music and Photo Show, MakeWorks, Toronto, CA